Thursday 24 October 2024 Global Football, National Football, Volley Leave a comment
Trinidad and Tobago will hope to benefit from the expansion of the Fifa Men’s Under-17 World Cup when the Concacaf qualifying series kicks off next February.
Fifa will stage the next five editions of its Men’s Under-17 World Cup in Qatar. And the major changes in the format are the competition will be annual and there will be 48 member nations.
As a result of the increased number of teams—which is exactly double the participants at the Indonesia 2023 Fifa Men’s Under-17 World Cup—Concacaf now has eight qualification spots available.
Concacaf will hold its qualifying competition in a single round, which will be played in Costa Rica. The confederation’s 35 teams are split into eight groups, with each winner advancing automatically to the Qatar finals.
Trinidad and Tobago, who are led by head coach Shawn Cooper, are in Group B alongside hosts Costa Rica, Guyana, Sint Maarten and the British Virgin Islands.
Costa Rica traditionally have an excellent record against football teams from the Land of the Steelpan. However, Cooper and his troops can take some encouragement from the fact that his Trinidad and Tobago team beat “El Ticos” 2-0 in the 2023 Concacaf Under-15 Championship.
Presumably, it is the core of both teams which will cross swords again next February, as the respective football nations gauge their progress over the last two years.
Thus far, Cooper has relied primarily on homegrown players with his captain and United States-based defender Sheridan McNish being a notable exception.
The coach was denied the chance to scout in the US last April, when new TTFA president Kieron Edwards scuttled their proposed trip to Florida—which was replaced by a trip to Jamaica.
Most of Cooper’s national under-17 pool compete in the SSFL Premier Division at present, which is an under-20 competition.
The standouts have been: Adam Pierre (St Benedict’s College), Criston Gomez (Arima North Secondary), Nikosi Foncette (Presentation College, San Fernando), Jaydon Caprietta (Naparima College) and Caden Trestrail (Fatima College).
Concacaf U-17 Qualifying Series
(All group winners advance to the World Cup)
Group A: Canada, Bermuda, Curaçao, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos Islands;
Group B: Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, British Virgin Islands, Sint Maarten;
Group C: Mexico, Nicaragua, Barbados, Belize, Dominica;
Group D: Honduras, Puerto Rico, Bonaire, Saint Martin;
Group E: Haiti, Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
Group F: United States, Cuba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, US Virgin Islands;
Group G: Panama, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Grenada;
Group H: Jamaica, El Salvador, Cayman Islands, Saint Lucia.
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Tags 2025 Concacaf Men’s U17 Championship Adam Pierre Caden Trestrail Criston Gomez Fifa Men’s Under-17 World Cup Jaydon Caprietta Nikosi Foncette Shawn Cooper Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football
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